Battery terminal



Dec. 25, 1928. 1,696,568

F. F. FOGEL BATTERY TERMINAL Filed July 6, 1926 I nz/elztor Patented Dec. 25, 1928.

UNITED STATES FRED F. FOGEL, OF HAWARDEN, IOWA.

BATTERY TERMINAL.

Application mea my e, 192s. serial No. 120,727.

This invention relates to battery terminals for use in the anchoring of electric cables to battery posts, and has for its primary object to provide such av terminal wherein the cable may be positively connected thereto without requiring the soldering of the wires of the cable to said terminal.

An additional object of the invention resides in the provision .of such a terminal wherein the cable may be removed from the battery post without requiring the entire removal of the terminal which is usually a very diiiicultperformance frequently resulting in the breaking of the post clamping ring or the stripping of the clamping ring bolt threads.

Other objects will become apparentas the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprising the novel form,

combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a battery terminal constructed in accordance with the present invention.

' Figure 2 is a detail section thereof, and

Figure 3 is a perspective of a wedge sleeve that forms an important part of the present invention. v

Now having particular reference to the Adrawing, my novelI terminal constitutes. a

metallic socket member 5 upon one side of which isA formed a conventional battery post securing split clamp 6. The closed end of the socket member is tapered both internally and externally, although the external cham- 40 ber need not be provided with the same. The outer open end of the socket member is cylindrical and is internally screw threaded as at 7.

The terminal further constitutes a tapered wedge sleeve 8 and a compression gland 9, said wedge sleeve being longitudinally split as at 10, and tapered only in so far as the exterior surface is concerned'. The compression gland 9 is formed externally with screw threads 11 while at the outer end thereof is a squared hexagon or Octagon head 12I to permit the turning of the glandinto or out of the internally threaded end of the socket member 5.

In actual practice the insulation is removed from the terminal attaching end of the electric cable A as indicated in Figure 2. The compression gland 9 is then slipped over this end of the cable after which the wedge sleeve 8 is disposed upon the bare 60 end of. the cable. The wire strands are then uncoiled and turned backward over the tapered surface of the sleeve, also as indicated in Figure 2. `The end of the cable is then inserted within the socket member 5 05 after which the `compression gland 9 is screwed inwardly of the socket, obviously forcing the wedge sleeve tightly within the socket which will rmly clamp the turned over ends of the wire strands between the wall of the socket and the exterior of the sleeve, thus providing al positive electrical connection between 4the terminal and said cable. l

Obviously, when it is desired to remove the cable from the battery all that is necessary is to unthread the gland from the ocket member and then pull the cable thererom.

It will be obvious that I have provided a highly novel, simple, and -elicient form of battery terminals that is well adapted for all the purposes heretofore designated, and even though I have herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the in- 85 vention. it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be had without dey parting from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus. described the invention, whatl I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:'

A battery terminal comprising a post engaging 'clamp and a body associated therewith provided with a socket having' in` 95 wardly tapered walls, the inner end of said socket being closed and its outer end being internally screw-threaded, an externally tapered sleeve loosely disposed in said` socket and having a single longitudinal split whereby it is made resilient, an electrical conductor formed of a series of strands diS- posed through the sleeve and having the free ends of the strands reversely bent over of the last named sleeve being adapted to engage the outer edge of the 'split sleeve to force the latter inwardly, whereby to bind 10 the periphery of the conductor and to grip the free ends of the stra-nds between the periphery of the split sleeve and the inner circumferential wall of the socket.

In testimony whereof I nilix my signature.

FRED F. lFOGrEL. 

